“Whether Bayern in Qatar or Gladbach in Budapest–the Rouble Must Roll!”—This week’s banner on the Gegengerade It’s been a full year since we’ve been able to visit our beloved Ballhaus des Ostens. Rather than waste my time, I’ll let this excerpt from Ingo Petz’ excellent article do the talking: “This love doesn’t bridge every …
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Urs Fischer turned 55 today Grischa Prömel got another one today. It was even better because this felt like a vintage lineup—pretty much all of the Aufstiegshelden that are still around got serious minutes—in addition to Prömel, we had Trimmi and Lenz playing significant minutes. To that, we can add Marius Bülter, who played like …
“Seifert and Co.: Follow Your Words With Actions”–Banner on the Gegengerade Another game against Schalke, another tie. It would be nice to win this one, especially after so many chances, and especially after so many good chances. On one hand, given the quality of these chances, it’s starting to feel justified to expect more. On …
Shit and Hell! That was a tough one to lose. I don’t pretend to know a lot about the tactics of it all, but it seemed to me we lost on the basis of two very unlucky moments and a lack of offense. Happens. I think we all expected more based on our recent form, …
Augsburg is known for its puppet show. That’s why. Damnit. Tough one to lose, especially given our dominance over the course of the game. Easy to make some excuses here, or say that we’ve regressed to the norm, but the matter of fact is that we had our chances and didn’t take advantage. Especially brutal …
“Hate is a strong word, but it fits”–Alligatoah, Hass The Goethe Institut’s C2 exam is a lot harder than the practice test online would lead you to believe. I’ve been speaking and learning German for over a decade, so I figured it would be no big deal. Instead, as the test entered the final stretch—the …
I hand-to-God have no idea where Leverkusen is… 1-0 against Leverkusen. A team we had never before beaten, against which you’d think our luck would finally run out. Well, haven’t we been the same ones complaining about how unlucky we’ve been to have not beaten Bayern, Wolfsburg, Stuttgart, etc.? Ah, the hypocrisy of success. People …
Eisern! Welcome to Union Supporters America, our fan group for 1. FC Union supporters living in, or from, the United States (or, really anyone else who wants to join. We’re not particular!). Given our recent success on the field, it only makes sense to create this club now, in order to give new fans a …
